She said these blackouts forced her family to become more inventive: "With so many days without electricity, one needs a generator, which many of us don't have."

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro blamed the power outages on a "terrorist attack against the electricity system," blaming President Donald Trump and his US-backed opposition, Juan Guaidó, who describes himself as the rightful leader of the country.

But Guaidó and analysts say the outages were caused by corruption and poor upkeep of the system.

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